School-desk



(No Model.) I G. MARQUA.

' SCHOOL DESK. No. 336,417. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MARQUA, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SCHOOL-DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,417, dated February16, 1886. Application filed July 28, 1885. Serial No. 172,892. (Nomodel.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MARQUA, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in School Desks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a school-desk.

The object of my invention is to provide a desk which will furnish twoslates attached to the inner side of the desk-lids. which the pnpil canuse with little danger of breaking and no danger of the slate beingmislaid, all of which will he set forth in the description of theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

Figurel is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section, showing both lids closed. Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing both lids raised. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the hinge attachedto the desk-lids.

A B represent the legs of an ordinary schooldesk. They may be made inany known form and style. I

0 represents the box of the desk, D the closed portion in which booksand papers are stored.

G H represent straps of a hinge, both of which turn on center I. Lid Fis attached to strap G and lid E is attached to strap H. Either or bothlids may be raised, as desired.

M represents a slate set or inlaid on the in ner face of lid F.

L represents a similar slate on the upper face of lid E.

\Vhen the lids E F are both closed, the slates are covered up and thedesk closed. WVhen lid F is raised, both slates are exposed for thepupil to write on, either or both, as desired.

By my invention I provide a double slatesuriace, utilizing theinneroradjacent faces of both lids for such purpose. Moreover, both thesesurfaces are protected when the lid is used as the top of the ordinarydesk,and both are fully exposed in a convenient position for use whenthe double lids are unfolded on their common center.

I clairn- A desk having two lids, E and F, pivoted on a common center,one above the other, and adapted to be raised or lowered separately orsimultaneously, the inner or adjacent faces of said lids having slates LM inlaid therein,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE MARQUA.

